SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old man was charged Monday with
outraging the modesty of an 11-year-old boy last Saturday
afternoon.
The man had allegedly touched the boy's private
parts at a basement stairwell of Tiong Bahru
Plaza.
The case will be further mentioned on June 20.
If convicted, he can be jailed up to five years, fined and
caned.
The man was arrested by police officers on anti-crime patrol at the
shopping mall.
They had spotted him entering the stairwell with the boy.
When the officers entered the stairwell, they found that the man
was bare-bodied and the boy was clad only in his underwear.
The man tried to flee, but was successfully detained.
Police recovered a tube of lubricant and four computer thumb drives
from his possession.
- CNA/cc
